According to Smallwood, the increased value in tickets that comes from the enlargement of that usually sold-out section will help make up for the lost revenue from the loss of seats in this new configuration. The changes will mean subtle shifts in seating for many subscription holders, primarily those on the main floor. Originally, the seat project was going to be squeezed in between the end of the season and the start of the lineup, with work in the theater having to be alternated with on-stage preparations for the upcoming performances.
But the shutdown of in-person productions because of the coronavirus meant the schedule has been much more relaxed — a bright spot in an otherwise grim time. The project is scheduled to be completed Wednesday, leaving only testing and final tweaks of the seats to be done as well as the required city inspections. Know about breaking news as it happens. We follow the stories and update you as they develop. Custodians says short-staffing, lack of supplies and mismanagement are to blame.
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To help complete this project, the team at Lyric enlisted the help of leading consultants. A post shared by Lyric Opera of Chicago lyricopera. As a company, Schuler Shook is no stranger when it comes to the Lyric Opera House, with its history dating back to when Duane Schuler began as its resident Lighting Designer. As Schuler Shook developed a growing consultancy, they were selected as theatre planners for the comprehensive renovation of its venue in the mid s. Now, with the latest seating project, the strong relationship has continued with Lyric and its Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Director , Drew Landmesser, who brought Schuler Shook on to envision the new seating arrangement in a feasibility study.
Lyric had known the seats themselves needed replacement. Also, The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago is joining the Lyric in residence at the opera house, making it a logical time to address these layout improvements. Schuler Shook worked through approximately 30 layout options to develop the maximum comfort, sightlines, accessibility, exiting and seat count for the venue. They facilitate "active sitting," which increases blood circulation, reduces back strain, joint stiffness, and muscle strain when sitting for long periods of time.
In addition to providing a more comfortable chair, the new seating configuration on Lyric's main floor follows an offset design for improved sightlines to the stage that offers a parallel experience to the graduated seating design of the balconies. We used a high-performance concrete, formulated specifically for this project. By increasing its durability and shortening its "cure" time, we were able to paint our new concrete floors within seven days of pouring them, and bolt our seats to these floors within two weeks of the pour.
The most obvious change you will notice upon entering the theater is the new layout of the main floor. The newly curved aisles will be brighter, wider, and more accessible. Working with our disability platforms manufacturer Staging Concepts, and many consultants and engineers, we have greatly increased our wheelchair seating. Nineteen state-of-the-art movable disability platforms will be installed throughout the theater on all floors, with the exception of the Mezzanine which already has movable chairs.
We will also have 11 additional fixed wheelchair locations, as well as 45 removable aisle seats. Wheelchair-bound patrons will also no longer be relegated to "the wings" of the theater, with new platforms installed along the second, third, fourth, and fifth aisles of each floor. In early October, our dedicated stagehands, assisted by a crew from Series Seating, began installing the new seats in the balconies. As the floors were painted, and new anchor bolts were installed, seating installation moved to the main floor.
With a final count of 3, beautiful new seats, we can't wait to roll out the red carpet and welcome you home to the Lyric Opera House. The Lyric Opera House is one of the most spectacular performing arts venues in the world, and a jewel of Chicago's cultural and architectural community.
Lyric is committed to maintaining this historic building at a high standard and providing an accessible and comfortable patron experience. The goals of the seating reconfiguration are to:. Our primary goal in reconfiguring the seats was to improve our patron experience for everyone — including those with accessibility needs. Accordingly, part of this project includes widening the aisles on the Main Floor to improve both accessibility and congestion and to dramatically increase the number of accessible seats that we have available throughout the theater.
The overall result takes the theater from 3, seats to 3, seats. Our leadership worked with several premium theater seating firms to identify six potential seats with pleasing, ergonomic designs and state-of-the-art construction that would be well-suited for our theater and fit the many parameters of our house reconfiguration project. The six seat options were brought to the theater for our annual meeting where several hundred patrons tested them and voted for their favorite seat.
The new seats generally do have a wider base than the previous seats, and seats on the front of the Main Floor will have up to two additional inches of legroom. Seats in all theaters vary slightly in size due to curvature of the house. Lyric is working with a full team of leading consultants to realize this seating renovation project. Lyric management worked with one of the country's leading theater planning firms, Schuler Shook, to identify new theater seats; with acoustic engineers at Kirkegaard to ensure that the theater's excellent acoustics would remain intact; with architects at Goettsch Partners to create the new seating design; with ESD on the mechanical and electrical engineering aspects of the theater space; with Klein and Hoffman as the structural engineers to ensure the integrity of the building; and with contractors Bulley and Andrews on board for the physical installation.
CBRE represented Lyric in development management of the project. Lyric is deeply grateful to our anonymous donor who has fully underwritten this massive undertaking to dramatically improve our audience experience. Absolutely none of the new seating costs or reconfigurations are being passed on to our patrons in ticket prices.
The entire cost of the seat replacement has been funded by an incredibly generous gift from a single anonymous donor who cares deeply about maximizing Lyric's accessibility and audience experience.
View full seating chart here. First, seats will be numbered continuously from one side of the theater to the other. Previously, seats were divided into odds on one side of the house, evens on the other, and a different numbering system in the center. Additionally, your seat number will start with the number that correlates to what floor your seat is on. So Main Floor seats will be numbered in the s to denote first floor. Box Seats will be numbered in the s to denote second floor. First Balcony seats will be numbered in the s and s.
This will be an easy cue for you to know what floor to go to, and it will help ushers quickly direct you to your seat.
The only change in naming is the addition of a new sub-section called Main Floor Select, which represents the most premium seats on the Main Floor in the three center sections of the theater. You'll still be in the same location, we're just calling it by a new name. We will also be calling Box seats Box Select. Our new seats feel great, have soft-close spring technology, and are going to be a wonderful upgrade for our opera house.
In terms of your seat, our Audience Services team is working carefully to transfer patrons from the legacy seating map to the new seating map. Our team is taking every precaution to move you into a seat that is comparable to your current location.
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